Guess

A marine excitedly ran over from a distance and handed the document he had just printed to Ain.

After taking a glance, Ain's pupils lit up instantly, and she seemed to be relieved at this moment. She turned her head to look at the marine beside her and ordered: "Wake everyone up immediately. We will set off now to Raven Harbor to welcome Mr. Zephyr."

"But..."

Ain's expression suddenly became serious: "This time, we will go to the pirates' lair, and it will also be a good opportunity for those newcomers who have fantasies about pirates to take a look."

"How much evil is hidden in a harbor ruled by pirates, and how miserable are the people there?"

Between her words, Ain's eyes were filled with undisguised anger as she continued: "Also, we must remain vigilant at all times. After all, we are facing the pirates who defeated Mr. Zephyr."

"Yes!"

The marine swallowed and passed the message on.

Lights gradually lit up on the buildings in the harbor.

In just a few minutes, rows of marines appeared in the harbor and boarded the warship in an orderly manner.

Half an hour later.

With a whistle, several warships anchored here set sail one after another, heading towards Raven Harbor.

East Blue, Raven Harbor.

It was late at night, and a crescent moon hung in the sky, casting bright moonlight on Raven Harbor.

Gawain's training had already ended. He sat cross-legged with a strange look on his face because the familiar system prompt sounded in his ears.

"Physique experience +1003!"

"Paramecia Devil Fruit experience +60!"

"Armament Haki +60!"

"Conqueror Haki +8!"

"The Paramecia Devil Fruit experience is useless to me. Just like the navigation skills that I have mastered to the maximum level, I will just throw it into the Experience Piggy Bank and convert it into a general experience to speed up the growth of Kuro and the others."

"The Armament Haki has increased by 60 points. This is completely normal. It is several times faster than if I had done it myself."

"But the growth rate of Conqueror's Haki…"

Gawain set his sights on the Conqueror Haki column on the panel.

> Conqueror Haki: Level 1: (38/5000)

"It's similar to the beginning of Armament Haki, but the experience required to upgrade is too different. From level one to level two, the experience required is 5,000."

For a while, Gawain fell into deep thought.

If he relies solely on training, even if he recruits a leek with the potential at the Conqueror Haki in the future, if the potential is the same as his, the experience they can provide every day is less than 100.

It takes nearly two months to upgrade one level, and it takes at least one or two years to reach the fifth level.

This is after he successfully recruited subordinates who awakened their Conqueror's Haki. If Gawain really relied on himself, the time would have to be at least ten times longer.

Although the top pirates in the world of pirates, except for the Straw Hat pirates, are basically in their forties or fifties, this speed is far from satisfactory to Gawain, as he does not want to reach the peak in his forties or fifties.

Besides, there are also strong people in their twenties or even teens who have mastered high-level Conqueror's Haki. If they can do it, it means there must be a shortcut!

Gawain's gaze fell on the Straw Hat: "It took Straw Hat Luffy only two years to master Conqueror Haki. Even if the destiny child cheated, there must be other reasons…"

"Fight?"

The story of the rise of the Straw Hat Luffy flashed before Gawain's eyes. 

From the East Blue to Wano Country, Straw Hat had forged his Conqueror Haki through their battles with powerful men one after another.

This is also in line with the characteristics of the Conqueror Haki.

After all, the Conqueror's Haki is different from the other types of Haki. It is a display of personal will and belief, and blindly training hard will never cultivate an invincible heart.

Based on this, it is naturally difficult for the Conqueror Haki to make any progress.

But for Gawain, there is another solution.

"If this method proves feasible, then the next step is to consider finding a subordinate with Conqueror Haki's potential and let them continue to fight so that I can reap the benefits."

In order to verify his conjecture, the next day, Gawain went to see Fujitora and explained his purpose, and Fujitora readily agreed.

"Would you like to verify how to practice Conqueror's Haki? It would be my honor to help you."

Gawain nodded and said: "This time, it's a pure contest. We'll see how far we can go without using our devil fruit ability."

"Good."

After a few minutes, at the hills behind Raven Harbor.

Two figures holding swords were fighting between the steep and rugged mountains.

The blades intersected, and the Flying Slash spread out, chopping the surrounding rocks into pieces.

The battle between the two became more intense as time went on, and their speed and strength had reached their limit.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The continuous loud collision attracted everyone in Raven Harbor here. 

Looking at the two people fighting, they were so shocked that they turned speechless.

Gin looked at Kuro with a little sympathy: "I remember your goal is to surpass the captain, right?"

Kuro's face froze, and his confidence seemed a little insignificant: "I'll do it!"

Zoro, who was standing by, silently clenched the three swords at his waist, then slowly put them down unwillingly.

"Although I am a bit itchy, if I go up now, I will be no match for those two."

"Why is it that even though I've practiced so hard, the gap between me and the captain has only widened?"

"Illusion!"

"It must be! It must be an illusion!"

As everyone was discussing, the fighting continued until late at night, and even after the crowd dispersed, it never stopped at all.

Now, Zoro was the only one watching the fight. He stared at the two people fighting, afraid of missing any move.

Just because of such battles, even if he was just watching, he benefited a lot.

"Who is stronger, the current captain or that man?!"

When such a question appeared in Zoro's mind, it did not go away.

This also made him want to see Gawain and Hawk Eyes fight again even more to take a look at the gap between Gawain and the world's strongest swordsman now.

As the fight between the two became more intense, their Observation Haki and Armament Haki were used one by one. Gawain even began to try to mobilize his Conqueror Haki but was unsuccessful.

Under the moonlight, the two figures stopped at the same time.

Gawain was sweating all over, and Fujitora was also breathing heavily.

The two top-notch swords continuously emitted buzzing sounds, but the sounds died down over time.

"That's about it for today. If we continue fighting, we won't be able to tell who's winning."

Fujitora sheathed his sword and looked at Gawain with a hint of surprise in his eyes, which turned into relief in the next instant.

"Although I lost the last battle."

"But if I use all my strength, I still have the confidence to suppress you, but things are different now."

Fujitora sighed: "In just a few days, you have achieved such a transformation. Your talent is simply… Unbelievable!"

"You are also a real monster."

Gawain sighed and put Guanze Masamune back into the scabbard.

After bidding farewell to Fujitora and Zoro, who were watching the battle, Gawain slowly returned to his room.

At this moment, he heard the system's prompt for harvesting experience points:

"Physique experience +1011!"

"Swordsmanship experience…"

"Conqueror Haki +88!"

Listening to the experience of the sudden increase of the Conqueror's Haki, Gawain's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously: "Sure enough, my guess was correct!"